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<p>[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 3023862, member: 39084"]My MacBook Pro has a pixel resolution of 2560 x 1600, but the actual displayed screen/picture size is half of this (1280 x 800) since the display is Apple's "Retina" display which is the same size but has double the resolution of Apple's previous displays. Here's what it looks like:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]752395[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But I don't use this display at my desk, since my laptop is hooked up to Apple's long-discontinued Cinema display, with real resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]752391[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I've always believed that the bigger the screen, the more efficiently one can work with a computer, so I continue to use the largest single screen I can effectively view on a desk. Comparing the top and bottom pictures shows why.</p><p><br /></p><p>Needless to say, even if my eyes could focus on a smartphone's screen at typical viewing distances, I would never use one for accessing the Internet unless it was the only available device and it was some sort of emergency.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 3023862, member: 39084"]My MacBook Pro has a pixel resolution of 2560 x 1600, but the actual displayed screen/picture size is half of this (1280 x 800) since the display is Apple's "Retina" display which is the same size but has double the resolution of Apple's previous displays. Here's what it looks like: [ATTACH=full]752395[/ATTACH] But I don't use this display at my desk, since my laptop is hooked up to Apple's long-discontinued Cinema display, with real resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels: [ATTACH=full]752391[/ATTACH] I've always believed that the bigger the screen, the more efficiently one can work with a computer, so I continue to use the largest single screen I can effectively view on a desk. Comparing the top and bottom pictures shows why. Needless to say, even if my eyes could focus on a smartphone's screen at typical viewing distances, I would never use one for accessing the Internet unless it was the only available device and it was some sort of emergency.[/QUOTE]
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